Climate averages 1991–2020
Bari weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Bari: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Altamura (42 km away). In December its highs average 10.6°C, 2.5°C cooler than Bari, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Bari ranks joint 15th of 79 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 79 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 79 cities is 10.5°C; Bari is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 12.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.0°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 57 | 9.2 | 9.610 h |
| February | 12.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 57 | 9.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 59 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 59 | 9.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 42 | 7.6 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 34 | 5.8 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 25 | 4.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 25 | 5.3 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 60 | 8.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 66 | 8.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 16.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 72 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 13.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 59 | 9.2 | 9.39 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Altamura in DecemberItaly · 42 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Andria in DecemberItaly · 49 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Barletta in DecemberItaly · 54 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Taranto in DecemberItaly · 80 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Brindisi in DecemberItaly · 105 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Foggia in DecemberItaly · 116 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Lecce in DecemberItaly · 139 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Salerno in DecemberItaly · 181 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 180 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bari) is explained once on the Bari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.